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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Civic Stitches: Early American Needlework and National Identity 
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets \nLECTURE & EXHIBITION* | Civic Stitches: Early American Needlework and National Identity  with Emily Whitted\, Guest-Curator\, American Girlhood: Needlework\, Memory\, and the Making of a Nation (Note: This lecture now begins at 6:30 PM) \nThis companion lecture to the exhibition American Girlhood by guest curator Emily Whitted will explore the larger history of needlework as part of early American education for girls. In the aftermath of the American Revolution\, female education was a critical space for civic development\, and needlework was one educational medium in which girls processed their own identities within the new nation. This lecture will connect needlework within the exhibition with pieces from other public collections\, and broadly trace the rich lives of early American girls engaged in crafting a nation.  \nTickets: $15 |$12.50 Virtual | $10 Members \nPatron Members Reception | 5:00 PM WDS Patron Members enjoy a private walkthrough of American Girlhood with guest curator Emily Whitted accompanied by a celebratory drink and complimentary tickets to that evening’s Civic Stitches lecture. RSVP | Renee Dumouchel\, rdumouchel@wdsmuseum.org \n*This lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture. Tickets include lecture and access to view the exhibition American Girlhood: Needlework\, Memory\, and the Making of a Nation. \nAbout the Curator | Emily Whitted is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the guest curator of American Girlhood: Needlework\, Memory\, and the Making of a Nation. Her research broadly explores the history of textiles\, women’s history\, and material culture in early America. Her current and past work includes projects with the New Bedford Whaling Museum\, the National Park Service and National Council on Public History\, the Mercer Museum & Fonthill Castle\, and the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Foundation. She also holds an M.A. in American Material Culture from the Winterthur Program at the University of Delaware. 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-civic-stitches-early-american-needlework-and-national-identity/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Members,Antiques & Collectibles,Colonial History,America 250
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